akaRadioRed's Creative People Roundtable

akaRadioRed welcomes in-demand creative influencers. Treva Brandon Scharf is an ICF-certified life coach, dating expert, fitness pro, blogger, and marriage first-timer at 51. She writes about empowerment, surviving singledom, and finding love at her blog, The Late Blooming Bride. As a post-50s influencer and a voice for strong, independent women, Treva hosts the podcast Done Being Single with husband Robby. www.donebeingsingle.com Brian Fried is a serial inventor whose inventions reach consumers through mass retail, infomercials, home shopping channels, catalogs, and online retailers through licensing and manufacturing. The author of Inventing Secrets Revealed and You & Your Big Idea, Brian mentors and represents inventors and celebrities throughout the process. On his Got Invention Radio show, he has interviewed the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and Lori Greiner from ABC's Shark Tank. www.brianfried.com Join akaRadioRed for Read My Lips: Serial Creatives Paying It Forward!

Producer/host akaRadioRed’s Cool Conversations with Creatives welcomes two determined, dedicated, successful creatives.

akaRadioRed welcomes two non-stop creatives who keep pushing boundaries. New Yorker Joanna Bonaro is an actress, writer, producer, and snger who has appeared on TV's Law and Order: SVU, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, on film and Off-Broadway. She created and stars in the comedy TV pilot, Good 'n Screwed. Joanna formed brainybeautyproductions.com to advocate for and create female-driven content for women 40+. She created and hosts the Terrace Truth Talkin' podcast for women in their 40s–60s. Brad Forenza is a writer of original films and plays, and a performer. His solo show, Squeaky (Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme), has performed around the US. As an actor, Brad has appeared in theatre, TV, and film, including the upcoming feature, A Case of Blue. "If I understood anything from Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, it was that art is about communicating something new…saying something fresh and novel in spite of risk." Join akaRadioRed for Read My Lips: Creatives Acting Out!

akaRadioRed welcomes two outspoken creatives. Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber, queer clergywoman, professor, and author, has painted 150+ folk-feminist iconography paintings, collages, and subversive sister saints that have been featured on the Tiny House Nation TV show, NPR's Progressive Spirit, Ms. Magazine, and Maya Angelou's Memorial Celebration. Her non-profit, The Tehom Center, empowers marginalized women through art, writing, retreats, and academic courses. tehomcenter.org Gregor Collins went from producing reality TV to acting on stage, TV and independent feature films. He is the author of The Accidental Caregiver, chronicling his experience caring for Holocaust refugee Maria Altmann. Gregor's side-project is the iphone video micro-documentary series, Humans in My Phone. His advice: "It's just not enough to do what you love. That's not living. Do what you love, with love. That's living." gregorcollins.com/humansinmyphone Join akaRadioRed for Read My Lips: Loving Your Creativity!

Producer/host akaRadioRed’s Cool Conversations with Creatives welcomes two passionate creatives.

Jessica Klingbaum, Certified Aromatherapist, is an essential oils expert and educator.

akaRadioRed welcomes two creative powerhouses. In 2014, life coach Kate Johnson took her own advice and followed her passions: raising goats, making cheese and teaching. Now the owner and main Cheese Coach at the artisan cheesemaking school The Art of Cheese, Kate is a regular contributor to Countryside Network's Goat Journal. Her fourth book, Tiny Goat, Big Cheese!, is part memoir and part cookbook. Before becoming a screenwriter, Samantha Shad was a Beverly Hills entertainment attorney and member of the bar in three states. She has written 20 feature film scripts for major Hollywood studies, including Class Action (Twentieth Century Fox), and feature length and episodic television for the major TV networks, including the long form movie Vanished Without A Trace (NBC-Universal). Samantha is the author of The Write To Happiness: How to Write Stories That Change Your Brain and Your Life". Join akaRadioRed for Read My Lips: The Sweet Taste of Creative Success.

Producer/host akaRadioRed's Cool Conversations with Creatives welcomes two well-read creatives. While doing research for her memoir, The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President's Black Family, retired pediatrician Bettye Kearse discovered the creative roles food and wine played when President James Madison and Dolley entertained at the White House. Tune in to find out if a famous ice cream brand was named after this first lady. www.BettyeKearse.com Red welcomes back Susan Corso, an ordained minister and spiritual counselor who applies her experiences working on Broadway to the plots, colorful characters and detailed sites of her novels. In The Mex Mysteries series, a high femme intuitive investigator solves shady mysteries involving Broadway by sleuthing the show lyrics for answers. And under the pseudonym Vivienne Hartt Quinn, Susan writes the Butch-Femme romance series, Boots & Boas. susancorso.com Join akaRadioRed for Read My Lips: Let's Drink to Creativity!

Producer/host akaRadioRed's Cool Conversations with Creatives welcomes two determined, dedicated, successful creatives. Cindy Cipriani, co-owner of Cipriani Remodeling, transformed her life from the depths of despair to an award-winning multi-million-dollar builder, home remodeler and salesperson, mentor, author and grief recovery specialist. Based on her business ventures and personal experiences, Cindy trains corporate teams with "The 5C Solution™ – Discover Clarity and Confidence in Times of Change." When she served as a military police officer, Mychelle Bell's required uniform was itchy and unflattering. She'd always wanted to be in the fashion world but was alarmed by toxic polyester. In 2018, she started Belle Clothing & Accessories Company, sourcing plant-based fabrics and natural dyes from India to create stylish, quality, medicinal pieces of investment that transform a woman's lifestyle. Join akaRadioRed to Power-up Your Creativity: From Challenges to Celebration!

Producer/host akaRadioRed's Cool Conversations with Creatives welcomes two dedicated creatives. We'll drink in advice on happiness, pandemic isolation and business success from Susie Selby, award-wining owner and winemaker of Selby Winery in Healdsburg, CA. Susie attributes her early success to being an "exceptionally good forklift operator", cellar master and assistant winemaker. She's made wine for actors and athletes and was featured at the White House by three administrations. William L. Silvaneus's life has centered on human services, mostly with disenfranchised individuals and trauma victims – the subjects of his thriller novel, A CERTAIN MERCY–Why Are Grand Islands Most Vulnerable Dying Violently? The Immediate Past President of the Nebraska Writers Guild, he has published nonfiction articles and written adult curriculum for 30+ years, and enjoys watercolor painting, ornamental egg decorating, and writing poetry. Join akaRadioRed for Take A Sip from the Creativity Fountain!

Producer/host akaRadioRed's Cool Conversations with Creatives welcomes two triumphant creatives. At 23, Ellie from the Deli Peterson was divorced and raising three children on $80 a week. Her body was unhealthy, her mind chaotic, her spirit full of fear, self-pity, anger, worthlessness. To heal herself, Ellie created the Meditative Movements™ technique, which reduces anxiety, depression, and fatigue, and improves emotional and functional well-being for chronic health issues. meditativemovements.com. CJ "The Badass Grandma" Scarlet wrote Badass Parenting: An Irreverent Guide to Raising Safe, Savvy, Confident Kids and PG-rated Heroic Parenting to help parents transform their kids into little badasses who can protect and defend themselves from dangerous people. A former roller-skating carhop, forest firefighter, and U.S. Marine photojournalist, CJ is one of the "Happy 100" people on the planet. www.cjscarlet.com Join akaRadioRed for The Creativity Brick Road: From Mad to Glad!